Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

0. H. KEENAN & J. P. GARDNER.

HORSE DETAGHER.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES AllENT Darren.

CHARLES H. KEENAN AND JOHN P. GARDNER, OF FORT HALLEOK, NEVADA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 34:2,106,dated May 18, 1886.

Application filed February 5, 1886. Serial No. 190,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES H.'KEENAN and JOHN P. GARDNER, of Fort Hal leek, in the county of Elko and State of Nevada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Detachers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a part of a wagon, showing the application of our improved horse-detacher. Fig. 2 is a plan View, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on line w x in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and easily-operated device for detaching horses from carriages, to avoid injury to the occupants of the carriage in case of a runaway; also, to provide a means for readily unhitching fallen or disabled animals from the wagon.

()ur invention consists of a thillcoupling provided with aswiveled looped end connected with the thill-iron, and a clip secured to the axle, and having a swinging bolt which may be released in times of danger, allowing the thilliron to escape.

The clips A, which are secured to the axle B, are each provided with a swinging bolt, a, turning on a vertical pivot, b, in one arm of the clip. The free end of the swinging bolt on is flattened and received between eyes 0, formed on the ends of the other arm of the clip.

The thilliron O is provided with a forked eye, (1, whose slot is arranged horizontally, and in the slot of the eye is received a loop, D, which is held therein by a bolt, a, passing through the forked eye d, and through the end of the loop D. The loop D is received on the swinging bolt a, and between the sides of the loop, and in front of the swinging bolt, is journaled a rubber roller, f, on the pin or bolt 9,

passing transversely through the sides of the loop. The rubber roller f bears against the front of the swinging bolt a and holds the loop into close engagement with the swinging bolt. The free end of the swinging bolt a is aper tured vertically to receive a pin, h, which also passes through the eyes a.

To the floor of the wagon is secured a rest, E, for the rod F, the rest being formed of a bar of iron bent upward at right angles at its ends and notched to receive the rod F. The rod Fis bent at right angles at opposite ends,

.forining arms 2', which pass through the floor of the wagon, and are provided with chains j, which are connected with eyes formed on the upper ends of the pins h. The cross-bars is, through which the threaded ends of the clip A pass, are bent upward in front of the clip, to retain the fork of the clip in case of the breakage of the strap which extends over the axle.

Normally the loop Dretains its place on the swinging bolt a, and the swinging bolt is held by the pin h,- but when it is desired to detach the horse or horses from the vehicle the rod F is raised,pulling the chains j upward and withdrawing the pins h from the bolts a, allowing them to turn on their pivots and release the loops D, thus disengaging the thills. The rubberroller f presses firmly against the side of the swinging bolt a, and prevents the rattling of the thill-coupling, and when the bolt a is released in the manner described the roller f rolls along the bolt and facilitates the escape of the loop D from the bolt.

The rod F serves not only as a means of withdrawing the pins h from the bolts a, but it may also be used as a foot-rest, or it may be applied to the wagon in place of the ordinary foot-rest.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the clip A, the bolt a, pivoted therein, the pin 71, received in eyes 0, formed on the clip and adapted to retain the free end of the swinging bolt, and a thill-iron received 011 the swinging bolt and adapted to be released by the swinging of the bolt, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the clip A, provided with the horizontally-swinging bolt a and retaining-pin h, of the thill-iron received on the swinging bolt, the rod F, and chain j, connecting the rod F and pin 71 substantially as herein shown and described.

8. The combination, with the clip A, provided with the horizontally-swinging bolt on and retaining-pin h, of the forked eye d, and

the loop D, received on the bolt (1, and pro- 71, the loops D, thin-irons 0, connected with vided with the rubber roilerf, substantially as the loops D, the rod F, chains j, and the supherein shown and described. port E for the rod F, substantially as herein 4. ihe combination, with the clip A, proshown and described.

5 vided with the swin in bolt (0 0f the crosss bar 7c,-bent upward at right angles and ari' g g g ranged to retain the fork of the clip, as herein shown and described. Witnesses:

5. The combination of the clips A, provided 10 with the swinging bolts a and retaining-pins JAS. OovnY, JAMES DORAN, 

